Amusement wheel



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Patented Sept. 7, 1926.

BARKLEY M. BURRIS, F CORSICANA, TEXAS. i

AMUsEMnnT WHEEL.

Application filed November 16, 1922. Serial No. 601,236.

My.v invention relates to an amusement apparatus. y

The principal object is to provide 1n such an apparatus having a` wheel of the Ferrisl type, that is one revolvable on a horizontal axis, means to also rotate or revolve the wheel about a vertical axis.

Another lobject is t provide a track for.

the said wheel to support the same and to enable a single annular frame -to be used in the frame work of the wheel.

Ialso aim to provide the generally im# provedconstruction set forth.` in the accompanying drawings and hereinafter particularlyv described. In said drawings v Fig. 1 is an elevation,

Fig. 2 is-avplan view,

Fig. 3 is a vertical section on ,the line 3--3 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 4 isa perspective view of one of the platforms. l

Figs. 5 and 6 are fragmentary perspective views showing the connection lof` the wheel spokes to the rim,

Fig. 7 is a sectional view showing the mounting of the wheel,

Fig. 8 is a sectional' view, taken substantially on the line 8 8 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 9 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 9-9 of Fig. 8, and

' Fig. 10 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 10-10 of Fig. 2.

Referring specifically `to the drawings, wherein like characters designate like or similar parts,`I first provide a suitablebase or platform; Thisplatform may be round and provided. in anumber of detachable plate sections or segmentsv 11. The edges of the said sections. are reinforced by curved U beams 12 bolted or riveted thereto at 13 anchor and levelling pins 21 securedv therein by set screws 22. Hub 18 adjustably mounts another levelling and anchoring pin, as at 25, secured by screw 24.

Hub 18 is provided with a bearing 25 .which a vertical shaft 26 is journaled. A

iioating bearing 27 is also provided for shaft- 26., being mounted by rods or struts 28, which are sectional and the sections of which are adjustable relatively by means of turnbuckles 29. lHub 18 also has a bearing 30 and therein a vertical shaft 31s cast integral with the bearing 27. Gear wheels 33 are keyed to shaft 31 and mesh with gear wheels 34, rigid withshaft 26.

Power may beapplied to shaft in any suitable manneras from an engine 35 on the platform. The main shaft 36 of said engine .may have a worm 37 thereon to drive the -worm wheel 38 on shaft 31.

A suitable clutch mechanism is provided at 39 to con- Atrol the engagement of 'said worm and worm wheel.

Above uppermost gear wheel 34 and rigid with shaft 26 is a hub 40 from which a shaft or `axle 41 extends horizontally to mount or journal the hub 42 of a `wheel of the Ferris type at A. A head 43 is secured to the axle 41 andto the same and to the arms 44 o f hub brace rods 45 are secured, being made in ,sections adjustably secured together by l turnbuckles 46.v Midway of braces 45 and above the same, a brace rod or strut 47` isl secured .to said head 43 and hub/40. l

A wheel A preferably has .a number .of i rim sections, 48, having extensions y49 and v spokes 50 with tenons 51. -v Bolts 52 pass through .the extensions 49 and tenons 51 to form a rigid construction andthe wheel rests and travels on the plat-` form.

Pivot rods 53 journal passenger carriages 54` of suitable construction in spokes 50. Rods 53 arevjournaled in outer spokes 54', a rim for these spokes being` unnecessary. Spokes 50and 54 -are bolted to the flanges 55 and 56 of hub 42 as at 57 and 58. A collar 59 keyed at 60 to axle 41, prevents Idis` placement .of the wheel from the axle'. y

In use, after the passengers have entered the carriages 54, power from engine 35 is applied through shaft 36 worms 37 and 38 with clutch 39 in, to shaft 3l through gears 33 and 34 turns shaft y26, moving with claims.

it arm 41 and accordingly Wheel A, causing the Wheel to rotate about the 'axis of shaft 26.

In addition, dueto the traction of rim. 48 on l the plates 11 or platform, lthe wheel also revolvesfrom shaft 4,1. Thus the `Wheel' travels` on axis at right angles to each other, producing a pleasant eHect.

Various changes inthe detailstmay be resorted to Within the spirit and scope -of the inventionv and as defined by vthe appended y I claims- 1.- In amusement'apparatus, a hub pro vided with slots marginally open at the periphery of the hub and with. a bearing,.a

platform, U beams supporting said platform i and their Webs `terminally disposed in said slots and the adjacent portions of their flanges on opposite sides of the hub, a shaft journaled in said bearing, said shaft located above said hub and supported from the platform, means to drive from said shaft.

'2.- ln amusement apparatus, a-platform, a..

.'tioned shaft. a float bearing for said shaft, and an amusement wheel driven hub on said platform provided with a be'al ing, U-beams supporting said platform, said l hub having radial'slots open atits periphery,

said beams at their Webs terminally disposed l in said slots and having their flanges on opposite sides of the hub, an upstanding shaft journaled in said bearing, a floating bearing above'said hub and supported from the platform, each of said bearin s having offset bearing members, a second slliaft, said second shaft being journaled in said bearing members, driving connections between said shafts adjacent. each bearingl member, means to drive the second mentioned shaft and an amusement Wheel driven from the first men- In testimony whereof I aix my signature.

BARKLEY M. BURRIS. 

